Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter D > Page 116 of 135. « Previous ¦108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 ¦ Next » Down Down adjective Down-share Down"-share` noun A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [ Eng.] Knight.
Down-wind Down"-wind` adverb With the wind.
Downbear Down"bear` transitive verb To bear down; to depress.
Downcast Down"cast` (doun"kȧst`) adjective Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,Dryden. -- Downcast Down"cast` noun That downcast of thine eye.Beau. & Fl. Downcome Down"come` (-kŭm) noun Downcomer Down"com`er noun A pipe to conduct something downwards; specif.: Downfall Down"fall` (-fal`) noun Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid.Holland. Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.Dryden. Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place.Motley. Downfallen Down"fall`en (-fal`'n) adjective Fallen; ruined. Carew.
Downfalling Down"fall`ing adjective Falling down.
Downgyved Down"gyved` adjective Hanging down like gyves or fetters. [ Poetic & Rare] Shak.
Downhaul Down"haul` noun (Nautical) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul ; a trysail downhaul .
Downhearted Down"heart`ed adjective Dejected; low-spirited.
Downhill Down"hill` adverb Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill .
Downhill Down"hill` adjective Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.
Downhill Down"hill` noun Declivity; descent; slope. On th' icy downhills of this slippery life.Du Bartas (Trans. ). Downiness Down"i·ness noun The quality or state of being downy.
Downlooked Down"looked` adjective Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [ R.] Dryden.
Downlying Down"ly`ing noun The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At the downlying , Downpour Down"pour` noun A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
Downright Down"right` adverb We shall chide downright , if I longer stay.Shak. She fell downright into a fit.Arbuthnot. Downright Down"right` adjective A man of plain, downright character.Sir W. Scott. The downright impossibilities charged upon it.South. Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity.Prescott. -- Downsitting Down"sit`ting noun The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising.Ps. cxxxix. 2. Downstairs Down"stairs adverb Down the stairs; to a lower floor. -- adjective Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.
Downsteepy Down"steep`y adjective Very steep. [ Obsolete] Florio.
Downstream Down"stream` adverb Down the stream; as, floating downstream .
Downstroke Down"stroke` noun (Penmanship) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
Downthrow Down"throw` noun (Geol.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw , noun
Downtrod, Downtrodden Down"trod`, Down"trod`den adjective Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.
Downward Down"ward adjective With downward forceDryden. Downward, Downwards Down"ward, Down"wards adverb [ Anglo-Saxon ad...nweard . See Down , adverb , and -ward .] Their heads they downward bent.Drayton. And downward fell into a groveling swine.Milton. A ring the county wears,Shak. Downweed Down"weed` noun (Botany) Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium .
Downweigh Down`weigh" (-wā") transitive verb To weigh or press down. A different sin downweighs them to the bottom.Longfellow. Downy Down"y (-ȳ) adjective Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves.Bacon. Time steals on with downy feet.Young. Dowral Dow"ral adjective Of or relating to a dower. [ R.]
Dowress Dow"ress noun A woman entitled to dower. Bouvier.
Dowry Dow"ry noun ; plural Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give . . .; but give me the damsel to wife.Gen. xxxiv. 12. Dowse Dowse transitive verb [ Confer 1st Douse .] Dowse Dowse intransitive verb To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc. Adams had the reputation of having dowsed successfully for more than a hundred wells.Eng. Cyc. Dowse Dowse noun A blow on the face. [ Low] Colman.
Dowser Dows"er noun Dowst Dowst noun A dowse. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.
Dowve Dow"ve noun A dove. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
Doxological Dox`o·log"ic·al adjective Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.
Doxologize Dox·ol"o·gize intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Doxologized ; present participle & verbal noun Doxologizing .] To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.
Doxology Dox·ol"o·gy noun ; plural David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies .South. Doxy Dox"y noun ; plural Doyen Doy`en" noun [ French See Dean .] Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." A. R. Colquhoun.
Doyly Doy"ly noun See Doily .
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